正文 16.27 Of the Male, Who Was to Lose His Soul If He Was Not Circumcised on the Eighth Day, Because (2 / 2)

may be understood without absurdity (such as this) that he has broken the covenant, because it has been broken in him although not by him. Yet in this case also it is to be observed that the soul of the infant, being guilty of no sin of neglect against itself, would perish unjustly, unless original sin rendered it obnoxious to punishment.